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In general Insurance Companies see blood banking as a potentially catastrophic risk with great uncertainty. Many blood banks have difficulties in getting their operation insured for liability risks. Why Insurance Companies have come to regard blood banks as a liability to their business portfolio and what safeguards they put into place to manage the risks associated with blood banking is partly explained in this article.
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Oosterlee, A. (1999). Insuring the Risks of Blood Banking. In: Sibinga, C.T.S., Alter, H.J. (eds) Risk Management in Blood Transfusion: The Virtue of Reality. Developments in Hematology and Immunology, vol 34. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3009-8_2
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